In between student council meetings, travel soccer, homework, research at Purdue University, an after-school job, jazz band, and many other activities, six Kokomo High School sophomores and juniors are developing an app and data collection device to help kidney dialysis patients.

Members of the Kokomo High School football team received their State finalist rings for finishing their season as the Class 5A State Runner-Up last November. The whole team was brought together to distribute the rings. JENN GOAD/KOKOMO HERALD

Twelve year old Bethany Smith hasn’t been competing in gymnastics long, but in her short career, her attention to detail and drive to do well earned her a State title on the floor exercise at the State meet in Portage, Ind.

Quiet, humble, thankful are all ways to describe the legacy of the Merrell family in Northwestern basketball history. Four Merrells in three generations have their names etched in history, yet to hear about their time in the various programs, they are humbled and thankful it all happened.